Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Central Ave and Westwood Blvd Bike Lanes Preserved in Mobility Plan

By Joe Linton | Feb 12, 2016 | 7 Comments

At its meeting yesterday, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission unanimously re-affirmed keeping bikeway designations for Central Avenue and Westwood Boulevard. Unfortunately these facilities are likely to remain in the plan, but not move closer to on-the-ground improvements due to anti-safety positions staked out by City Councilmembers Curren Price and Paul Koretz. Price and Koretz […]

VerdeXchange Day One Highlights: Phil Washington, Earl Blumenauer

By Joe Linton | Jan 26, 2016 | 2 Comments

Day one of this year’s VerdeXchange conference is over. By the time you read this, the second and final day is already underway; Tuesday will feature discussions on the Los Angeles River, sustainable buildings, the sharing economy, new mobility models for cities, and much more! The full program schedule is here. Streetsblog L.A. is a […]

#DamienTalks SGV2: Albert Ho on IWillRide and Wes Reutimann on the Puente Hills Landfill Park

By Damien Newton | Jan 25, 2016 | No Comments

This week, #DamienTalks with Albert Ho of the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority. Albert has been a booster of the project dating back to the mid aughts, helping to found the IWillRide campaign as an interested college student, managing the website early in his career and then working for the Construction Authority. Albert talks […]

Would You Vote for a Measure R2.1 with No Dedicated Walk/Bike Funding?

By Joe Linton | Jan 22, 2016 | 33 Comments

Metro has five rail lines under construction today, with new Gold and Expo Lines set to open this year. Metro’s recent rail infrastructure expansion was fueled by countywide sales taxes. On top of existing Prop A and Prop C sales taxes, in 2008 voters approved the roughly $40 billion Measure R. Forty percent of Measure R goes to […]

New Griffith Park Traffic Plan Promising But Flawed

By Joe Linton | Jan 21, 2016 | 29 Comments

The L.A. City Department of Recreation and Parks has released a new “Griffith Park Action Plan” [PDF] designed to deal with car congestion primarily from Hollywood Sign visitors. Last night, DRP and City Councilmember David Ryu hosted a community meeting to receive public feedback on the proposal. Nearly 200 people attended the forum, where DRP and […]

Open House Showcases Expo Bike Path Gap Closure Options

By Joe Linton | Jan 14, 2016 | 13 Comments

An overflow crowd of more than one hundred people showed up to last night’s Expo Bike Path meeting at the Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library. A representative from Councilmember Paul Koretz welcomed the boisterous crowd before turning the open house over to L.A. City Transportation Department (LADOT) Senior Bicycle Coordinator Michelle Mowery. The crowd appeared to be about […]

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